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7/27 Women's Only Tri/Dri-Tri
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Tom Demerly, Owner and Director of Bike Fitting.

Read Tom's Resume Here.

Road Cycling and Triathlon Fit Qualifications and Experience:
  • Certified Bike Fitter, New England Cycling Academy.
  • Certified Bike Fitter, FitKit Fitting System (Certified since 1990 with concurrent update training in 2003). Over 3,500 fits on this system.
  • Certified Triathlon Bike Fitter, Fit Institute of Slow Twitch (F.I.S.T.).
  • Experienced and instructed in use of Serotta Size Cycle fitting apparatus.
  • Triathlon Cycling Coach and Ride Leader, Doug Stern’s Triathlon Training Camp, Curacao, Dutch Antilles.
  • Attended Walden School of Cycling, Orlando, Florida.
  • Triathlon Bike Fitter, U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team Member (Sydney and Athens) and 2004 Triathlon World Champion Sheila Taormina.
  • Bike Fitter for two additional World Triathlon Champions and numerous elite level athletes, Tour de France riders and Olympic cyclists.
  • Completed bike fitting for over 3,500 athletes in last decade.
  • Consulted on bicycle fit to bicycle component manufacturers, frame builders, bike companies and pedal companies.
  • Instructor in the Rodale Press Bicycling Magazine Rider Development Program and a Bicycling Magazine Ride Leader.
  • Contributing Editor: Velo-News, Triathlete, Inside Triathlon, Triathlon Today!, Outside, Bicycle Guide and others.
  • Authored and published over one hundred equipment reviews and editorial features on endurance sports published around the world.
  • Represented to the publishing industry by Literary Agent Andrew Zack, The Zack Company, New York, New York.
  • Raced on all seven continents. He has completed over 200 triathlons including the Ironman Triathlon World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, The Nice Triathlon (Nice, France), The Laguna Phuket Triathlon (Thailand), The Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon.
  • Ranked third in Michigan Triathlon Grand Prix Points Series in his age category in 2004.
  • Four time USCF/USA Cycling State Champion in the Senior Men (Elite) and Masters Individual Time Trial and Category IV Road Events.
  • Raced in Europe with the Nike/Velo-News/Gatorade Cycling Team as a Category 1 Elite Amateur Cyclist.
  • United States Cycling Federation Resident Athlete Development Program, Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado under the coaching direction of Chris Carmichael.
  • Competed in four of the longest adventure races in history: The 2002 Raid Gauloises in Vietnam, 1996 Discovery Challenge Eco-Challenge in British Columbia, 1999 Marathon des Sables in the Sahara, Morocco, 2001 Jordan Telecom Desert Cup world Championship of Desert Racing in Wadi Rum, Jordan, (Top American finisher).
  • Successfully climbed the highest mountains on three continents and the highest mountain in the western hemisphere.
  • Former Technical Representative for Time Sport USA and the former International Sales Manager for Aerospoke Composites.
  • Founder and Owner, Bikesport, Inc., Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
  • Content Director and Managing Editor, www.bikesportmichigan.com
  • Content Director and Managing Editor, www.actiontom.com

 

 

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